Question

1 Past simple and Past continuous 1 Choose the correct alternative in italics. DOUBLE DISASTER Ralph was driving / drovel home from the office when he was having / had2 the accident. He wasn't concentrating/ didn't concentrated and was crashing/ crashed4 into a car which was parked at the side of the road. Fortunately, he was wearing/ wore5 his seat belt so he wasn't badly hurt. He was using/ used 6 his mobile phone to call an ambulance. The ambulance was arriving/ arrived? ten minutes later. Unfortunately, as the ambulance was taking/ took8 him to the nearest hospital, it was breaking down/ broke down. Then, one of the drivers was cutting/ cut10 his hand while he was trying/ tried 11 to repair it. When the ambulance was finally arriving / finally arrived 12 at the hospital, it had two patients on board, not one.​

Answer 1

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Объяснение:

was driving, had the , didn't concentrated, crashed, was wearing, used, arrived, took, it broke, cut, while he was trying, finally arrived

Answer 2

In this passage, we are given a story about Ralph and a series of events that happened to him. We need to choose the correct form of the verb (past simple or past continuous) to complete the sentences. Let's go through each sentence and choose the correct alternative.

1. Ralph was driving / drovel home from the office when he was having / had the accident. - The correct alternative is: Ralph was driving home from the office when he had the accident. [[1]]

2. He wasn't concentrating / didn't concentrated and was crashing / crashed into a car which was parked at the side of the road. - The correct alternative is: He wasn't concentrating and crashed into a car which was parked at the side of the road. [[1]]

3. Fortunately, he was wearing / wore his seat belt so he wasn't badly hurt. - The correct alternative is: Fortunately, he was wearing his seat belt so he wasn't badly hurt. [[1]]

4. He was using / used his mobile phone to call an ambulance. - The correct alternative is: He was using his mobile phone to call an ambulance. [[1]]

5. The ambulance was arriving / arrived ten minutes later. - The correct alternative is: The ambulance arrived ten minutes later. [[1]]

6. Unfortunately, as the ambulance was taking / took him to the nearest hospital, it was breaking down / broke down. - The correct alternative is: Unfortunately, as the ambulance was taking him to the nearest hospital, it broke down. [[1]]

7. Then, one of the drivers was cutting / cut his hand while he was trying / tried to repair it. - The correct alternative is: Then, one of the drivers cut his hand while he was trying to repair it. [[1]]

8. When the ambulance was finally arriving / finally arrived at the hospital, it had two patients on board, not one. - The correct alternative is: When the ambulance finally arrived at the hospital, it had two patients on board, not one. [[1]]

So, the correct alternatives are: 1. Ralph was driving / had 2. He wasn't concentrating / crashed 3. He was wearing / wore 4. He was using / used 5. The ambulance arrived 6. The ambulance was taking / broke down 7. cut / was trying 8. finally arrived

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